Category: Fortress in focus
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Alessandria Citadel (IT) Heritage Walk 2026
On Saturday, 26 September 2026, the Citadel of Alessandria will host the third Heritage Walk organised by the non-profit association La Cittadella di Alessandria Faro di pace in Europa. Four free expert-led visits will invite participants to discover the fortress not simply as a historic monument, but as living heritage and a place for knowledge,…
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FORTE CULTURA represented at Brutal Assault festival in Josefov (CZ)
Author: Tomáš Jirouch Photos by: Tomáš Jirouch, Tomáš Karlík; https://brutalassault.cz/sk/o-brutalu Every August, Josefov in the Czech Republic transforms into one of Europe’s most remarkable cultural destinations. Tens of thousands of visitors from across Europe and around the world gather inside the eighteenth-century military fortress to attend Brutal Assault, one of the world’s leading festivals dedicated…
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Petrovaradin Fortress (RS): A Forgotten Masterpiece of Habsburg Military Engineering
Today, we have a more history-oriented article of one of the most significant Habsbourg fortresses ever created – Petrovaradin. Author: Nenad Šeguljev, an independent researcher from Novi Sad, Serbia, specializing in the military architecture of the Petrovaradin Fortress. In order to protect Habsburg possessions in the southeast, along the border with the Ottoman Empire, the…
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Experience the Ulm Federal Fortress (DE): Guided Tours, Insights & Living History
The Ulm Federal Fortress is one of Europe’s most significant fortification systems, but many visitors only appreciate its scale, history and hidden structures through a guided tour. Each year, Ulm/Neu-Ulm Touristik GmbH and the Förderkreis Bundesfestung Ulm e.V. offer family-friendly tours as well as exclusive visits to rarely accessible outer forts.
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La Línea de la Concepción (ES): A Frontier Shaped by Fortifications
This week, the FORTE CULTURA Conference took place in La Línea de la Concepción, a location closely tied to the fortified landscape surrounding Gibraltar. Before turning to the key outcomes of the conference, lets revisit the local history with its fortifications—sites that offer a step directly into the layered history of this remarkable frontier.
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Online exhibition about Suomenlinna (FI) during the 20th Century
The Degree Programme in History at the University of Helsinki and the Ehrensvärd Society have jointly published an online exhibition about the 20th century at Suomenlinna titled Sveaborgs 1900-tal – vägen till världsarv (“Sveaborg in the 20th Century – The Road to World Heritage”).
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Kłodzko (PL) and Josefov (CZ): Fortresses without borders II – cross-border interreg project
Fortresses Without Borders II is a cross-border tourism development project supported by the ERDF under the Interreg Czech Republic–Poland programme (2021–2027).
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Discovery Tours along the Ulm/Neu-Ulm Fortifications Route and the “Höhenweg Ulm” (DE)
The Ulm Federal Fortress can be experienced not only through guided tours but also independently: two excellently developed routes – the 12.5-kilometre Ulm/Neu-Ulm Fortifications Route and the panorama hiking trail in Ulm, the “Höhenweg Ulm” – offer varied opportunities to explore the fortress landscape, Glacis parks and natural surroundings of Ulm step by step.
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Colomares (ES): A Modern Castle of Memory between History and Imagination
In the sunlit hills of Benalmádena, Spain, a curious silhouette rises—not from the Middle Ages, but from the twilight of the 20th century. Castillo de Colomares, built between 1987 and 1994, is not a fortress born of war or defense, but a monument in the form of a castle, dedicated to the life and voyages…
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Fort Gorgast (DE): Tour in easy language opened
Thanks to a grant from the Aktion Mensch lottery totalling €4,674.50, a new circular route in plain language has been established at Fort Gorgast.
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